The Joyful Journey: Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Professional Development Series (Spring 2025) -Writing Your Research Statement for the Academic Job Market

Job postings in higher education often require a research statement as part of the application process. This session will focus on assembling a research statement for academic jobs. We’ll consider the intended audience and analyze examples from recent applicants. This is the sixth event in our eight-part series “The Joyful Journey: Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Professional Development Series.”

Speakers

Dr. Kenneth Wright, Professor, Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado Boulder

Event Schedule

This online event meets on Monday, March 10 at 7-8pm Gulf Time / 12-1pm Atlantic / 11am-12pm Eastern / 10-11am Central / 9-10am Mountain / 8-9am Pacific.

Audience

This event is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers looking for an introduction to fundamental academic professional development topics.

Accessibility

If you have access needs, please let us know what they are. Contact Kate Diamond (kdiamond3@wisc.edu), who is supporting this workshop, to let us know how we can help you have a successful experience. In addition to meeting individualized needs, we will also take measures throughout the workshop to support accessibility for all our students:

• Enabling live captioning in synchronous sessions
• Incorporating multiple modes of interaction into synchronous sessions